‘Saudi seeks sectarian strife in Middle East’

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Lebanese Islamic resistance movement Hezbollah says Saudi Arabia seeks to instigate "strife" between Shias and Sunnis in the region.

According to Press TV, speaking during a televised speech in Beirut on Tuesday, Nasrallah said division among Muslims is a “great threat,” adding that creating strife in Lebanon, particularly among Shias and Sunnis, is on the agenda of Saudi Arabia.

Urging Lebanese not to be intimidated by threats posed by Saudi Arabia and Zionist regime, which are seeking to create strife in the countries where Sunnis and Shias live, he warned the Lebanese nation against “serving" the Israeli and Saudi goals.

The Hezbollah leader also held Saudi Arabia responsible for some of the car bombings that have targeted Lebanon, Syria and Iraq since 2003.

He further said that the suspension of a Saudi aid to the Lebanese army has given rise to some concerns in Lebanon which in turn have caused extensive media propaganda against Hezbollah by Saudis and some Persian Gulf states.

Nasrallah said the Saudi propaganda against Hezbollah has led to a political conflict in Lebanon, and advised the Lebanese youth against playing into the hands of Saudi Arabia, which he said spreads lies about Hezbollah and wrongly accuses the resistance movement of sowing sectarian strife between Shias and Sunnis.

He also denounced the Arab world’s silence in the face of Riyadh’s aggression on Yemen, where over 8,000 people have lost their lives since the Saudi onslaught began in late March last year.

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